Graceful luxury in Pan Pacific Orchard

The 347-room and suites Pan Pacific Orchard, Singapore has opened. The new landmark in Singapore’s iconic Orchard Road will be marketing itself as a luxury hotel. It will be joining five other hotels in the Pan Pacific Hotels Group for the first time at the International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) from June 19-22, 2023 at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, and again in ILTM Cannes this December.

Marcel Holman, VP, Operations and GM, Pan Pacific Orchard, said the hotel has secured 36 corporate accounts already. The hotel is surrounded by consulates and embassies around the neighborhood. Luxury brands in Orchard Road have signalled strong interest to host events at the hotel. With a diverse mix of clients and its strategic location, the hotel is in a strong position to position itself as a venue for corporate events, FITs and staycations.

Added Holman: “I can see staycations and leisure on the weekends. We have a lot of demand for leisure for the weekend. So one of the reasons why our suites and our loft rooms are great is because they're very unique rooms.”

The venue is hosting its first wedding on June 16, with 280 guests, among whom will take up 85 guestrooms. It was handling some 35 wedding enquiries at press time. Prices for such events start from S$1,888 per 10-pax table.

The hotel is differentiated by its Sky Terraces comprising Forest, Beach, Garden and Cloud themes. The Beach Terrace features an organically shaped lagoon pool with palm groves and meandering water edges that link up to Beach Club Loft rooms (32 sqm).

Envisioned by WOHA as a new prototype for high-rise tropical hospitality, the following event spaces have been created:

Level 2

· Signature restaurant, Mosella, features Mediterranean cuisine with a Peruvian twist on Level 2 with 148 indoor seats and 72 outdoor seats.

Level 11

· Florette – a speciality champagne and oyster bar seating 76 pax (indoor) and 48 pax (outdoor);

· Next to Florette is a 311 sqm Garden Terrace Green Lawn for 270 pax (reception) and 56 pax (theatre);

· Garden Terrace Lawn – 140 sqm

Level 18

· Claymore Ballroom – 600 sqm and pillarless, for 430 pax (banquet)/ 500 pax (cocktail) with a LED video wall and floor-to-ceiling windows,

· An adjoining 319 sqm foyer for 120 pax (cocktail);

· Scott’s Room – 84 sqm meeting room with partition walls and two LED video walls for 60 pax (banquet) and 50 pax (receptions);

· Cloud Terrace Lawn – 525 sqm for 150 pax (reception) and 80 pax (theatre).

The hotel brims with 14,000 sqm of foliage and water features, a high-ceiling open-air lobby and energy-saving features such as rainwater collection, solar panel technology and a bio-digester system.

All rooms have 400-thread count cotton bedding; bath amenities by French house Diptyque, in-room filtered water dispensers; and reusable bottles made with ocean-bound material.

Club guests can enjoy dedicated check-in, late check-out and exclusive access to the 130-seater Pacific Club Lounge which offers indoor and outdoor alfresco spaces, overlooking the landscaped lawns and cabanas of the Garden Terrace.

To mark its soft opening, room rates start from S$460 (US$342).